Bookish Life
Art Resources we Love to Learn From
My husband and I grew up in artistic households. His mom is an incredible oil painter, and my dad was a master with watercolors. We both have the artistic bug inside of us, so naturally, we wanted to cultivate that in our kids. It’s been great to have fun art resources to help us along…
Read MoreTwo Andrew Peterson Books that Will Recalibrate Your Heart
I appreciate being disrupted…sometimes. God has a way of disrupting my flow or routine in some way to help me slow down. Andrew Peterson is one of those artists God has used to help me do that. Consequently, Peterson’s work disrupts my heart. I feel recalibrated and ready to see life differently. Why? Because as…
Read MoreRead Widely, Write Wisely
by Andy Strauss Why do we have to read so many books, and write so many papers in school? – these questions hold high popularity among students and rank nearly as high in importance as “what’s the point of math?” This last semester, the second semester of my freshman year at Ouachita Baptist, I took…
Read MoreHow to Read Sense and Sensibility with the Gospel in Mind
Have you ever wanted to read a classic novel with someone who truly knows how to glean goodness from its pages? While I grew up loving literature, I feel like I never quite plumbed the depths that great books had to offer. In addition, if it wasn’t an explicitly Christian novel, then I wouldn’t be…
Read MoreA Month of Books – March 2020
I love to read. At the beginning of March, I was sick, so I found myself reading more. Then COVID-19 hit and many of our activities came to a halt, which provided additional reading time. Really, this is my favorite way to relax. Recently I’ve joined NetGalley which gives readers the opportunity to preview new…
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